Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

Bible References

Wise

Psalm 107:43
Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things! Let them consider the Lord's acts of loyal love!
Proverbs 1:5
(Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!)
Proverbs 4:18
But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day.
Jeremiah 9:12
I said, "Who is wise enough to understand why this has happened? Who has a word from the Lord that can explain it? Why does the land lie in ruins? Why is it as scorched as a desert through which no one travels?"
Daniel 12:10
Many will be purified, made clean, and refined, but the wicked will go on being wicked. None of the wicked will understand, though the wise will understand.
Matthew 13:11
He replied, "You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.
John 8:47
The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God's words. You don't listen and respond, because you don't belong to God."
John 18:37
Then Pilate said, "So you are a king!" Jesus replied, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world -- to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice."

And the

Job 17:9
But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.
Psalm 84:5
How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple!
Proverbs 10:29
The way of the Lord is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.
Isaiah 8:13
You must recognize the authority of the Lord who commands armies. He is the one you must respect; he is the one you must fear.
Matthew 11:19
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds."

But

Luke 2:34
Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected.
Luke 4:28
When they heard this, all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage.
Luke 7:23
Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me."
John 3:19
Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.
John 9:39
Jesus said,] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind."
John 15:24
If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father.
Romans 9:32
Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing --
2 Thessalonians 2:9
The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan's working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders,
1 Peter 2:7
So you who believe see his value, but for those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,

General references

Genesis 5:22
After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God for 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
Isaiah 55:8
"Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds,
Luke 2:19
But Mary treasured up all these words, pondering in her heart what they might mean.
Luke 7:35
But wisdom is vindicated by all her children."

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